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July 30, 2025 News from Brown

Sophia Wu: Crab wrangler, ocean dreamer

Brown sophomore Sophia Wu is spending her summer at Save the Bay in Rhode Island, wrangling crabs, supporting summer camps for kids and exploring a future in marine science.
News From Engineering

From patient to practitioner

Brown Engineering Ph.D. student Julia Gangemi experiences both sides of advanced neurotechnology study, first as participant and then as researcher.
The early-career grant will enable Lucas Caretta to broaden the accessible materials palette for next-generation spintronic devices and enable new experimental approaches to controlling spin transport in a growing field that has a thirst for new materials approaches.
News From Engineering

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, RE-PLASTIC

The RE-PLASTIC program (Repurposing of Expended Print-plastic for Sustainability in the Technology and Innovation Community) in the Brown Design Workshop proposes an innovative solution to the problem of 3D print waste.
News From Engineering

A path despite resistance

Brown curriculum allows Air Force veteran Jay O’Neill ’26 to obtain new electrical engineering skills, while deepening language skills previously acquired.